This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DcB.2ACE/260.1 Message Board Post: Have you discovered the German line of the THOMAS family in Southeastern PA? They started there in Berks Co. about 1729 arriving as part of the settlement known as "Schoharie Settlers" from New York. I'm from the Welsh THOMAS family, some of whom arrived in PA 1880 from Anglsey, North Wales.